--- page_title: "Wazifa & Awrad: Al-Buni's Majmu'at al-Awrad in English" summary: "Al-Buni's awrad and wazifa litanies in English: the complete Surah Yaseen, la ilaha illallah, and prayers for plague, childbirth and the evil eye." html_url: https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/majmuat-al-awrad.html text_url: https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/majmuat-al-awrad.md revised: 2026-10-17 publisher: John Friend Publishing series: "Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection" volume: "Volume V" formats: - "Kindle $24.95" - "Paperback $24.95" --- ![Cover of Majmu'at al-Awrad (Collection of Litanies), al-Buni's awrad and protective prayers, Volume V, English translation by John Friend](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/assets/book_covers/buni_05_awrad.jpg) Volume V — Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection # Majmu'at al-Awrad: Al-Buni's Wird and Wazifa Litanies مجموعة الأوراد Translated by John Friend · 84 pages · Vol. V Free with Kindle Unlimited English translation of al-Buni's *Majmu'at al-Awrad* — a collection of prayers, litanies, and invocations for specific emergencies: plague, childbirth, the evil eye, spiritual distress, and moments of desperation. Practical spiritual remedies drawn from the prophetic and Sufi traditions. *Majmu'at* (from *majmu'*, “gathered”) means “collection”; *awrad* is the plural of *wird*, a fixed daily litany — what many readers call a *wazifa*. 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In Urdu, Persian and many Sufi orders the same kind of fixed recitation is called a *wazifa*, from the Arabic for “assigned portion.” This Ahmad al-Buni manuscript uses the words *wird* and *awrad*, and it gives two chapters to method — Intention for the Wird and Reciting the Awrad — before the litanies themselves. Reciting the Awrad sets the order: three recitations of Surat al-Ikhlas, one Fatiha, then “*La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah haqqan*” — “There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God, truly” — followed by supplications, the bare *la ilaha illallah* repeated for a while, and the takbir three times. Readers looking for the Ratib al-Haddad in full will find a different text here: the Ratib is the litany of Imam 'Abdallah al-Haddad, a later Hadrami scholar. *Majmu'at al-Awrad* belongs to the same family of Sufi litanies — Qur'anic recitation, Ayat al-Kursi, *la ilaha illallah* and blessings on the Prophet — but its contents are its own. ### La Ilaha Illallah and the Divine Names The formula *la ilaha illallah* runs through the collection. In the chapter Praise of the Beautiful, Exalted One, a long passage joins it to the divine names: “There is no deity but God, the Trustee, the Witness. There is no deity but God, the Firm, the Glorious.” Ayat al-Kursi appears in the chapter Invocation of Forgiveness and Divine Majesty. Prayer When in Distress gives a litany “for repelling calamities,” recited seven times every day — in effect a dua for protection against everything, answering each trouble with a phrase: “For every sin, I ask God's forgiveness. For every thing, what God wills.” ### The Complete Surah Yaseen and Surah al-Fath The third chapter gives the Meccan Surah Ya Sin complete — all eighty-three verses — and the fourth gives the Medinan Surah al-Fath in its twenty-nine verses. Surah Yaseen is thus given complete in English, set out as the manuscript has it: English, transliteration and Arabic, passage by passage, within the litanies. ### Prayers for Plague, Childbirth and the Evil Eye The first chapter opens with a formula of refuge: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of God from the evil of what He has created, from every devil and harmful creature, and from every blaming eye.” Written with a sound intention and carried with respect, the text says, it is useful against the evil eye, fright and harm. The same chapter gives a formula for difficult childbirth, written in purity, bound upon the mother and removed as soon as the child is delivered. The collection closes with a supplication for plague and other illnesses, recited morning and evening, and an invocation of *Ya Latif* for plague, recited twelve times each day. For more, read [al-Buni's evil eye protection prayer in Arabic](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/articles/al-buni-prayers-plague-childbirth-evil-eye.html) and [what al-Buni says to recite when desperate](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/articles/al-buni-emergency-prayers-what-to-recite-when-desperate.html). For a protective text meant to be carried rather than recited, see the companion [al-Buni talisman book, *Hijab 'Azim al-Sha'n*](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/hijab-azim-al-shan.html), or browse all the [Ahmad al-Buni manuscripts](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/collection.html) in English. ## Questions About Majmu'at al-Awrad ### What does Majmu'at al-Awrad mean? *Majmu'at al-Awrad* means “Collection of Litanies.” *Majmu'at* comes from *majmu'*, “gathered,” and *awrad* is the plural of *wird*, a fixed portion of prayer recited at regular times. This edition's subtitle is *Prayers, Protective Formulas, and Invocations for Every Need*; it is Volume V of the Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection. ### Is a wird the same as a wazifa? They are closely related. Both name a fixed recitation repeated daily or for a set purpose; *wazifa* is the usual word in Urdu, Persian and several Sufi orders, while al-Buni's manuscript uses *wird* and *awrad*. Its chapters Intention for the Wird and Reciting the Awrad explain how to begin: three recitations of Surat al-Ikhlas, one Fatiha, then *la ilaha illallah*. ### Does Majmu'at al-Awrad include the full Surah Yaseen? Yes. The third chapter gives the Yaseen surah complete, all eighty-three verses, and the fourth chapter gives Surah al-Fath in its twenty-nine verses. Both are set out in English with a transliteration and the Arabic. ### Is this the Ratib al-Haddad? No. The Ratib al-Haddad is a separate litany by Imam 'Abdallah al-Haddad, a later Hadrami scholar. *Majmu'at al-Awrad* is attributed to Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Buni and has its own contents, though it shares the same building blocks: Qur'anic recitation, Ayat al-Kursi, *la ilaha illallah* and blessings on the Prophet. ### What protection prayers against the evil eye does it contain? The first chapter opens with *A'udhu bi-kalimat Allah al-tammat min sharri ma khalaqa*: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of God from the evil of what He has created, from every devil and harmful creature, and from every blaming eye.” The text says that, written with a sound intention and carried with respect, it is useful against the evil eye, fright and harm. ## You May Also Like - [Majmu'at Thalath Rasa'il — Al-Buni Collection](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/majmuat-thalath-rasail.html) - [Manba' Usul al-Hikma — Al-Buni Collection](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/manba-usul-al-hikma.html) - [Mudih al-Tariq — Al-Buni Collection](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/mudih-al-tariq.html) ## Related Articles - [Al-Buni's Prayers for Plague, Childbirth, and the Evil Eye — Essay](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/articles/al-buni-prayers-plague-childbirth-evil-eye.html) - [Al-Buni's Emergency Prayers: What to Recite When Desperate — Essay](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/articles/al-buni-emergency-prayers-what-to-recite-when-desperate.html) ## Follow the Translation New essays on the Arabic occult tradition, manuscript discoveries, and translation notes. - [Follow on Substack](https://substack.com/@johnfriendpublishing) - [Follow on Medium](https://medium.com/@johnfriendpublishing)